Pines Passes Budget

DIGEST

September 20, 1989|Staff reports

PEMBROKE PINES -- The City Commission on Tuesday unanimously approved a $23.8 million spending plan for general city expenses, which will include 10 additional police officers, a new fire truck and a new ambulance.

To help finance the 1989-90 budget, which is 13.6 percent higher than the current spending plan, commissioners also approved a property tax rate of $3.41 per $1,000 of assessed value, 10 percent higher than the current rate.

Commissioners approved the budget and tax rate after the second of two public hearings.

The $3.41 property tax rate means the owner of a house assessed at $100,000, with a $25,000 homestead exemption, will pay $255.75, compared with $232.50 this year.